I
Press On Toward The Goal To Win The Prize
But whatever were gains
to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider
everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my
Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I
may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that
comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness
that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to
know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his
sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the
resurrection from the dead.
Not that I have already
obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take
hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do
not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do:
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward
the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ
Jesus.
Philippians
3:7-14
Do you have fellowship
with Jesus Christ? Have you ever sensed His presence? Have you ever been able
to glean His wisdom?
Paul counted his greatest
achievements. One of those was to understand that his achievements had no
worth. His greatest achievement was to know that Jesus Christ was His Lord.
Think
about how rich life would be if Jesus and our fellowship with Him was our
highest pursuit.
Our
Daily Bread – June 22, 2018